Square launches cryptocurrency patent alliance to fight the trolls

Cointelegraph

Published Sep 11, 2020 01:18AM ET

Updated Sep 12, 2020 03:20AM ET

Square, the United States-based financial services company headed by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, is establishing a consortium to fight patent trolling and ensure open access to technology in the crypto sector.

The Cryptocurrency Open Patent Alliance, or COPA, seeks to democratize access to innovative technologies in the crypto sector, asserting that “open access to patents covering foundational cryptocurrency technologies is necessary for the community to grow, freely innovate, and build new and better products.”

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